What have you been listening to?

[Allhallowsday]

PINK FLOYD Atom Heart Mother 


Hey, REV, I have to confess that while listening to this the other night for the first time in perhaps 20 years or more (last time would have been my old vinyl copy, now long gone) I snickered more than once, rolled my eyes, particularly with "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast" and the long suite.  I have kept going back to the album though, and realized why I had bought it (on CD very recently) in the first place, why I keep going back, and why I'd listened to it - many times but oh so long ago - it's the three songs, one each by WATERS, WRIGHT, GILMOUR.  It's those three songs that make this album worthwhile. 

[Psycho Circus]

[Torgo]

THE HOLLIES "On a Carousel, 1963-1974: The Ultimate Hollies"

[Rev. Powell]

PINK FLOYD Atom Heart Mother 


Hey, REV, I have to confess that while listening to this the other night for the first time in perhaps 20 years or more (last time would have been my old vinyl copy, now long gone) I snickered more than once, rolled my eyes, particularly with "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast" and the long suite.  I have kept going back to the album though, and realized why I had bought it (on CD very recently) in the first place, why I keep going back, and why I'd listened to it - many times but oh so long ago - it's the three songs, one each by WATERS, WRIGHT, GILMOUR.  It's those three songs that make this album worthwhile. 

"Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast" is awful, but it's the only thing I don't like about the album.  I really like the suite, and I think "If" is the best ballad Waters ever wrote.  It's not my favorite Floyd, but I do think it's under(udder)rated, since everyone seems to hate it.

As for me...



"Bloodless Revolution" by Carolyn Wonderland 

[Torgo]

PIXIES  "Wave of Mutilation: Best of Pixies"

[HappyGilmore]

Room For Squares by John Mayer

[Allhallowsday]

PINK FLOYD Atom Heart Mother 


Hey, REV, I have to confess that while listening to this the other night for the first time in perhaps 20 years or more (last time would have been my old vinyl copy, now long gone) I snickered more than once, rolled my eyes, particularly with "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast" and the long suite.  I have kept going back to the album though, and realized why I had bought it (on CD very recently) in the first place, why I keep going back, and why I'd listened to it - many times but oh so long ago - it's the three songs, one each by WATERS, WRIGHT, GILMOUR.  It's those three songs that make this album worthwhile. 

"Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast" is awful, but it's the only thing I don't like about the album.  I really like the suite, and I think "If" is the best ballad Waters ever wrote.  It's not my favorite Floyd, but I do think it's under(udder)rated, since everyone seems to hate it.

I had found an old used copy of this album and was intrigued by its possibilities, and I was quite young, but even then an old hand at records... I later replaced that beat up copy with a brand new LP, but only very recently did it rejoin my library as a CD.  There is a wonderful mood created by the album which I guess I'd missed... and I used to sing in a chorus and as you might guess, we sang lots of unusual pieces, experimental stuff, but the nonsense lyrics in the middle of "Atom Heart Mother" made me laugh out loud.  I always enjoyed this record, and frankly, some of the prettiest passages are in "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast" (when I was 15 that track was the perfect topper for this unusual record, but yeh, at my age it's annoying.)   

I'm listening to the long suite right now: DAVE GILMOUR's guitar solo about 12 minutes in is very easily overlooked by me now... but I've always been a huge fan of GILMOUR who wasn't ever sloppy (not that there's anything wrong with that) 
"sa sa sa sa sa sa ratta teeta roetoe ta pdpdpdpdpdpdpdup lozza koo lozza koo..."   

Then:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpww0IoSQ0M&NR=1

Now:

[Torgo]

SCORPIONS   "Gold"

[Torgo]

UFO  "The Best of UFO (1974-1983)"

[Psycho Circus]

[Rev. Powell]

"Outlaws" by Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings and George Jones. 

A great comp with some classics like "Fulsom Prison Blues" and "Mama Tried", along with early Willie Nelson songs I hadn't heard before.

[RCMerchant]

Bobby Womack...
heard hear in the opening to JACKIE BROWN...(aka-me wet dream Pam Grier!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtzRJgZG98I

[Allhallowsday]

BOBBY WOMACK was good:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubsNAro0i5E

[Torgo]

ETTA JAMES "Gold"

[HappyGilmore]

Licensed to Ill by Beastie Boys